Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820 Resumed and Completed, by the Discovery of its Origin in Itasca Lake, in 1832

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Topographical survey of the northern shores of Green Bay and of the entire basin of Lake Michigan--Geological and Mineralogical indicia of the coast line--Era of sailing vessels and of the steamboat on the lakes--Route along the Huron coast, and return of the expedition to Detroit 210

EXPEDITION OF 1832.

DISCOVERY OF THE SOURCE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN ITASCA LAKE 221